See also:

• TABARI [Abu Ja'far Mahommed ibn Jarir ut-Tabari] (838-923)

TABARI [See also:

• ABU

Abu Ja'far Mahommed See also:

• IBN

ibn Jarir ut-Tabari] (838-923)  , Arabian historian and theologian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMOL

Amol in Tabaristan (See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian), and studied at Rei (Rai), See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad, and in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

Cast upon his own resources after his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death, he was reduced to See also:

• GREAT

great poverty until he was appointed See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the son of the See also:

• VIZIER

vizier `Ubaidallah See also:

• IBN

ibn Yal}ya . He afterwards journeyed to Egypt, but soon returned to Bagdad, where he remained as a teacher of tradition and See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law until his death . His See also:

• LIFE

life was See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and dignified, and characterized by extreme See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence . He is said to have often refused valuable gifts . A Shafi'ite in law, he claimed the right to criticize all See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, and ended by establishing a school of his own, in which, however, be incurred the violent wrath of the Hanbalites . His See also:

• WORKS

works are not numerous, but two of them are very extensive . The one is the T¢rlkh ur-Rusul wal-Muluk (See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Prophets and See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings), generally known as the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals (cf . See also:

• ARABIA

ARABIA, Literature . " History ") . This is a history from the Creation to A.D . 915, and is renowned for its detail and accuracy .

It has been published under the editorship of M . J. de See also:

• GOEJE, MICHAEL JAN DE (1836—1909)

Goeje in three See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, comprising thirteen volumes, with two extra volumes containing indices, introduction and glossary (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1879-1901) . A See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• DIGEST

digest of this See also:

• WORK

work, made in 963 by the Samanid vizier al-Bal'ami, has been translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French by H . Zotenberg (vols. i.-iv., See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1867-1874) . A See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of this was published at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople (1844) . His second great work was the commentary on the See also:

• KORAN

Koran, which was marked by the same fullness of detail as the Annals . The See also:

• SIZE

size of the work and the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment in it seem to have prevented it from having a large circulation, but scholars such as Baghawi and See also:

• SUYUTI [Abu-1 Fadhl'Abd ur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Jalal ud-Din us-Suyuti] (1445–1505)

Suyuti used it largely . It has been published in See also:

• THIRTY

thirty vols . (with extra See also:

• INDEX

index See also:

• VOLUME

volume) at See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, 1902-1903 . An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of it, with brief extracts, has been given by O . Loth in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, vol. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv . (1881), pp .

588-628 . Persian and Turkish See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the commentary exist in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . A third great work was projected by See also:

• TABARI [Abu Ja'far Mahommed ibn Jarir ut-Tabari] (838-923)

Tabari . This was to be on the traditions of the Companions, &c., of See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet . It was not, however, completed . Other smaller works are mentioned in the Fihrist, pp . 234-235 . (G . W .